Movie #5 of 2017: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) I hadn’t seen this movie since it was in theaters, and my wife hadn’t seen it at all, so we streamed it through Amazon before heading out to see the sequel. Even three years later, it’s still really impressive how much this movie stakes out its …
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TV #11 of 2017: Marvel’s Iron Fist, season 1 Iron Fist improved a little bit in the back half of its first season, but it was still pretty bad. The plot meandered all over the place, the writing was awful, and the lead actor was horribly miscast. Even setting aside the fact that an Asian-American …
TV #26 of 2016: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., season 3 This was another solid season on S.H.I.E.L.D., but in hindsight it also seems like something of a palate-cleanser. Original cast member Brett Dalton appears to be leaving the show, as are fan-favorites-in-search-of-a-spinoff Bobbi and Hunter. Plus it seems like the HYDRA plot that had been …
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Movie #9 of 2016: Captain America: Civil War (2016) Simply outstanding. The last two MCU movies (Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant-Man) left me somewhat cold, so it was great to see that Marvel hasn’t lost the magic altogether. The writers of this one did a great job at balancing such a large cast of …
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TV #14 of 2016: Marvel’s Daredevil, season 2 I don’t know with this one. I still really like this show’s take on Daredevil (and Kingpin!), and this new season introduces us to the MCU versions of Elektra and the Punisher, who are possibly even more perfect. On the other hand, this season was kind of …
Movie #7 of 2016: Thor (2011) I was only rewatching this film to look up the scene where Coulson mentions linguistics, but by the time I found it there were only about 20 minutes left, so I went ahead and finished. I feel like this is one of the less memorable MCU titles, and it …
TV #10 of 2016: Marvel’s Agent Carter, season 2 A solid follow-up, but a definite step down from this show’s first season. Way too much focus on the hetero romance stuff, too. (And a terrible ending, on that front.) Still, I really love how this show helps build out the world of the Marvel Cinematic …
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